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Here's my set of takes on Biden and his age and ability to do the job. 1) The decision to seek reelection was very obviously the wrong one, and indeed I'd say catastrophically so. At the time it may have been defensible but with the benefit of hindsight, it was a terrible mistake.

submitted 2 days ago • 390 comments

When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen. Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison. @nickjudin.bsky.social reports:

submitted 1 day ago • 859 comments

“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president. The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...

submitted 1 day ago • 237 comments

I'm aware of the Trump meme coin dinner, and I'm not even the US Secretary of State. And while the headline says "grills" I actually think it's good that Sen. Murphy is not conducting the Spanish Inquisition. Rubio creates his own defensive energy in this exchange. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I have asked the WH and not gotten an answer. 68% is roughly (a little high but close) to the share of households that would see a tax increase if TCJA expires Dec. 31. So that's a working theory. Could also be some sample household, maybe income-tax only? Dunno.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

submitted 2 days ago • 5067 comments

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

submitted 3 days ago • 258 comments

Today, I introduced the STABLE GENIUS Act to ban federal officeholders and candidates from profiting off digital assets like crypto. We have seen rampant corruption in the highest levels of government that can no longer go unchecked. Learn more about my legislation here ⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

This is the cruelty of abortion bans on full display. This is not “pro-woman,” “pro-life,” or “pro-family,” this is inhumanity. Adriana Smith, we fight for you. Read more 👇.

submitted 6 days ago • 22 comments

Children are starving in Yemen because President Trump and Elon Musk cut the $1-a-day peanut paste that kept them alive. We couldn't afford it. But we've spent $7 billion blowing up Yemen -- ineffectually. A cautionary tale of blunders by Biden and Trump alike: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

People confused by Comey's "8647" post that Kash Patel is now whining about: "8646" was one of MAGA's many, many anti-Biden slogans, and Comey's post is just a play on it. (It's less catchy since it doesn't rhyme). "8646" isn't rare in MAGA-land. Might even find Kash wearing it on an old podcast.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

📢 Trump and Musk cut mortgage help for Veterans—let them lose their homes. But they’ve got $45 million to force the U.S. Army to march for Trump’s birthday? He’s a draft-dodging coward who treats Troops like props in his fascist fantasy. MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 42 comments

Thank you, Carolina Hurricanes! Now all the Capitals are wearing resting Seth Jarvis faces. #Canes #StanleyCup

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Slept with the window open. Woke to discover that a mamma bird moved in and built her nest on the window. Can’t close it now—so no AC until the chicks are grown. How long will this take?

submitted 7 days ago • 57 comments

America’s drug affordability problem comes from incredibly expensive brand-name drugs: 90% of prescriptions are generic, but 87% of spending is on brand-name. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

This is a shocking breach of ethics by medical providers participating in this process that will likely result in major changes to our ethical framework regarding the brain dead with likely negative implications for organ donation and research in organ donor care - which is near and dear to me.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

submitted 8 days ago • 2479 comments

Dear friends: I was delighted to be on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night talking about our wonderful new pope, Leo XIV, with fellow Catholic and friend Stephen Colbert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrS... @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Oh my god

submitted 8 days ago • 72 comments

So much to love about the playoffs. Also, Leah Hextall and Celena Rae. #StanleyCup

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Treasury would be required to end Direct File and explore the creation of a new public-private filing program under the tax package proposed by House Republicans. Read more: www.taxnotes.com/featured-new...

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#booksky

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What most Americans don’t understand is the Houthis have over 300k fighters, Yemen is about the size of Texas, they roam among the people, and no air campaign alone will ever completely destroy a force like that. It was a marketing campaign. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

Look at the Trump official’s tie.

submitted 10 days ago • 53 comments

BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...

submitted 10 days ago • 234 comments

NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 10 days ago • 66 comments

See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did. Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

Woah, wow. I didn't see it the first time I watched, because I was focused on the cracks in the pavement. But look at the background.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Definitely couldn’t buy coffee for the FDIC examiners!

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Today in Rhode Island History: 1647: Today is the deadline for every householder in Portsmouth to kill at least twelve blackbirds.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Chaos at the ICE detention centre in New Jersey. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested by the DOJ after Members of Congress (apparently being shoved by agents) attempted to include him on a visit. Baraka has opposed the facility, saying it opened without permits. (🎥 News 12 New Jersey)

submitted 13 days ago • 114 comments

In 2009 then-US Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter (who died Thursday) came to PVD to help culminate a yearlong centennial celebration for the federal courthouse. He didn't give any speeches or interviews, but I wrote about his "spare, reticent style," quoting Judge Bruce M. Selya:

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"It was the result of preventable systemic failures that still exist. The risk of future tragedies remains unacceptably high," R.I.'s Doug Lane, whose wife and son were killed in the DC plane crash in January, writes in an op-ed for the Globe. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/o...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Today is May 8, celebrated as Victory in Europe Day. So of course Trump shares an image of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.

submitted 14 days ago • 156 comments